In a paper published online ahead of print in the February issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, senior co-author Daniel Kim-Shapiro, professor of…
A team of researchers at Texas Tech University, in collaboration with Bayer CropScience and the National Center for Genome Resources (NGCR) have developed a…
The ability to detect when to harvest “climacteric” fruits — such as apples, bananas, pears and tomatoes — at the precise moment to ensure “peak edibleness”…
Red ambrosia beetles bore holes into healthy avocado trees, bringing with them the pathogen that causes laurel wilt. Growers control the beetles that carry and…
In the coming decades, the global demand for agricultural products will rise substantially. Russia has ample scope for increasing agricultural production…
Researchers at the University of Illinois have published a study identifying yield zones for three major bioenergy crops.